Gilwell Gazette Day 5 � Sunday, May 18, 2014 � Greater Cleveland Council, BSA � Wood Badge Course C4-440-14
No problems...just opportunities By Joel Bussman
Troop Scribe
How are we all going to get
through that “spider web” of rope?
What kind food are we bringing
for the second weekend?
How are we going to get that
“message” ball through that
labyrinth of pipes? How are we
going to get all of our supplies to
our campsite?
How do we balance a “bazillion”
nails on top of one nail? When will
we find the time to plan for the
second weekend, and what should
our patrol project be?
We have presented some
challenges and opportunities to
you. Whether it was the round
robin of challenges yesterday, or
the opportunity of planning for
your outdoor experience over the
last few weeks, you had to come
together as a patrol, examine the
challenges that
were presen-
ted, and find
solutions.
W e h a v e
g i v e n you
much informa-
t i o n t h a t
should have
been beneficial
to you. We saw
many unique
and interesting
solutions at the
round robin
yesterday.
You had fun
while learning. As Baden-Powell
said, “Scouting is a game with a
purpose.”
It was great to see everyone
working together, thinking outside
the box, and leveraging their
diversity.
We hope that you have planned
well for this weekend. From what
we have seen, it looks as if you
have. We had wonderful meals last
evening. Thank you. This weekend
is your weekend. Make the most of
it, have fun, and learn something.
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I hope your first day in
your outdoor experience
was great!
Did you remember the
lessons learned last
month?
Were you able to use
your leadership skills
and solve the problems
of the day?
What did you learn
y e s t e r d a y a b o u t
yourselves and your
patrol members?
It’s important to
remember that when we
work as a team, even in
our patrol environment,
we c an t oge ther
accomplish some pretty
great things.
Think about the
different leadership
styles we have talked
about.
Which style leader will
you be when working on
your ticket?
Will it depend on the
situation to be worked
on?
I believe you know the
answer.
The activities that we
have done together will
help you with the
leadership skills for
working your ticket.
I am looking forward
to working on our course
conservation project
today.
We will be starting our
legacy to this camp with
the tree planting project
we will be doing and by
bringing together all the
blocks of wood for our
course totem pole.
Then we will be
i n s p i r e d b y ou r
participant interfaith
worship service.
What a great way to
start our Sunday
together.
We will also have
sessions on Coaching
and Mentoring and then
Self-Assessment.
What a great day this
will be.
One of the many
highlights of our Day 5
will be the patrol project
presentations.
Once we have listened
attentively to all the
project presentations,
the evening is yours,
unless of course you still
have ticket work to do,
and then you will be in
the ERC typing.
This is not a fun way
to spend your final night
at Wood Badge, so
hopefully you have used
your time wisely over the
interim period and your
ticket-writing is near
c o m p l e t i o n f o r
submitting.
I believe there will be a
showing of “Remember
the Titans” this evening.
This is optional, but
you may find that it is a
good way for you to
share your left-over
snacks by combining
your patrol cracker
barrels into one and
watch the movie
together at the ERC.
Feel free to use the
amphitheater for a
combined campfire, or
you may have individual
campfires in your patrol
campsites. The evening
is yours to use as you
wish.
Tonight is your last
night together as a
patrol on this Wood
Badge course.
Tomorrow we will say
our goodbyes.
Some may never set
foot on Gilwell Field
a g a i n , b u t y o u r
memories should be
fond and should be
enough to carry you
forward in Scouting and
in life.
Some of you, after you
complete your ticket,
may be asked to join a
Wood Badge staff.
I hope you would
accept the challenge,
just be ready for the
work.
I also ask that you
remember the imprint
you have made here on
this course!
Scoutmaster Minute
Patrol projects, bonding time today
Linda Gray
Course Director
Today’s presentations
Final leadership skills sessions Most of today’s focus
is on patrol presenta-
tions to the troop. Just a
few presentations by
staff members remain.
In Coaching and Men-
toring, a “Bringing the
Vision to Life” session,
Assistant Scoutmaster
Don Young and Scribe
Glenn Morrical will dis-
cuss the different roles
of coaching and mentor-
ing, and describe ways
in which the skills can
be used to lead teams
and individuals.
Fo l lowing lunch ,
Scribe Joe Wollet and
Quartermaster Connie
Sheehan will present
Self-Assessment, the
course’s final “Tools of
the Trade” skill. In it,
they will explain the im-
portance of self-
assessment in maximiz-
ing one’s leadership po-
tential.
They will also link self-
assessment to receiving
feedback and show how
participants can build
their own tools for the
self-assessment of their
roles in Scouting and
other leadership situa-
tions.
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By Glenn Morrical
Troop Scribe
Saturday we learned
how to be effective
leaders of change.
Change will happen
whether we want it to or
not, so we should help
guide change so it fits
our values, vision, and
mission in a positive
way.
Some Wood Badge
participants experienced
change since the last
Wood Badge Weekend.
One e xpe r ienced
flooding, one joined the
Lions Club, and others
put Wood Badge skills to
work in Scouting and at
home.
Change can cause real
anxiety and fear, but just
hoping things will not
change is unlikely to be
a successful strategy.
Quartermaster Scott
Strawn cited examples of
leaders with vision who
not only accepted
change but molded
change to their vision.
Quartermaster Connie
Sheehan emphasized the
importance of not only
involving others in
leading change but
making them believers in
the value of the change.
The six steps in
leading change are
recognize that change
will happen; empower
others to help lead
change; lead change
based on va lues ,
mission, and vision;
establish urgency; move
ahead, regardless; and
create a culture that
embraces change.
These methods of
leading change are
extremely important in
planning and completing
the five goals of your
Wood Badge ticket.
Meeting your ticket
goals will require making
some changes in your
pack, troop, crew,
district , or other
Scouting role.
Even after you have
completed your ticket
and earned your beads,
you will have many
chances to be a leader of
change.
To do that successfully
you need to keep up
with changes in the
world, and you need to
refresh your own
thinking and develop
new skills.
You can do that by
being a lifelong learner.
Take more training
courses, participate in
district roundtables, and
take new challenges both
inside and outside of
Scouting.
If you can implement
the six steps for leading
change and become a
lifelong learner, you can
be a continuing force in
change for the better.
Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win
glorious triumphs, even though checkered
with failure, than to take rank with those poor
spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer
much, because they live in the grey twilight
that knows not victory nor defeat.
— Theodore Roosevelt
Change happens—change is good—be part of it!
Staffers receive district and
council service recognitions While we were away from each other, two staffers
received honors for their service to Scouting.
Troop Guide Judy Poole and Scribe Joel Bussman
were awarded the District Award of Merit for the
Western Trails District. This is the highest award a
district can bestow upon
a Scouting volunteer.
In addition, Senior
Patrol Leader Ron Holt
was one of the Greater
Cleveland Council’s recipients of the Silver Beaver
Award, the highest recognition at the council level.
Both awards require nominations by someone
familiar with the Scouter’s work in Scouting and
other areas, such as religious and civic volunteering.
S e l e c t i o n c omm i t t e e s
evaluate nominees and decide
whom to recognize each year.
We should all be proud of
Judy, Joel and Ron for being
selected to receive these
prestigious awards.
When you see these fellow
Wood Badger s , p l e ase
congratulate them on their
selection.
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By Rio Vincz
and Bob Strauss
It sounds like the
punch line to a
prehistoric joke: an eight
foot long. 200-pound
beaver with six-inch long
incisors, a narrow tail
and long, shaggy hair.
But Castoroide, also
known as the giant
beaver, really existed,
and fit right in with the
o t h e r p l u s - s i z e d
megafauna, or giant
beasts, of its late
Pliocene and Pleistocene
ecosystem.
Like modern beavers,
the g iant beave r
probably led a partially
aquatic lifestyle —
especially since it was
too beefy to move about
sleekly on land, where it
would have made a tasty
meal for a hungry
smilodon.
However, like other
mammalian megafauna
of the last ice age, the
extinction of the giant
beaver was hastened by
the early human settlers
of North America, who
may have valued this
shaggy beast for its fur
and meat.
Habitat — Woodlands
of North America. Diet —
Plants. Shelter — Sadly,
no evidence of giant
beaver dams have been
discovered.
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You can trust
this crossword
Clues:
1 Down — The Greatest Creature known to the Wood Badge
animal kingdom
The giant, majestic
prehistoric beaver
By Brian Sammon
Bobwhite Scribe
Wow. How time flies
by.
Here we are back at
Camp “Gilwell.” Our
patrol was sending e-
mails and keeping
everyone involved with
our planning for the next
Wood Badge adventure
w e w o u l d b e
experiencing.
Our patrol is made up
of Cub Scout leaders,
Boy Scout leaders and
one veteran Scouter who
talks about way back
when — he took Wood
Badge 30 years ago here
at Beaumont in the rain
— says they had a good
time…how could they?
Today he arrived with
his car packed with all
the items that he
thought we needed and
found out we had
planned very well.
The Bobwhites were
prepared. He’s the one
who got wet feet
tramping through the
woods to our scenic
camp site, Twin Ash,
aloft on the hill
overlooking the Grand
River.
“Leave No Trace”
camping our feet sunk in
every step of the way.
We don’t have a green
kybo…we have a real
outhouse that the wind
blows though – these are
things memories are
made of.
The staff is great in
every way — we can’t
ask for more.
Time stands still
for no Bobwhite
Heard on the trail
“I am learning from
another generation”
Paul Hébert — Fox Patrol
at the round robin “nail
biter”
challenge,
when a
young
Venturer had
to show him
how to
perform the task.
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Eagles proud
to represent
national symbol
The Eagle is our
nation’s symbol that’s on
our flag that files so
high.
But it’s God we pledge
allegiance to, in God we
trust, To God and our
country, it’s God who
has given us the morals
and values that we
cont inue to have
throughout life.
It’s God that has
brought us together, as
friends, Scouters and
Wood Badge recipients.
God Bless our new
friends, our leaders and
the Boy Scouts of
America.
By Ed Roth
Owl Scribe
The Owls are back in
Beaumont. We’ve spent
many nights hunting
down supplies and food
in preparation for the
second week of Wood
Badge.
We’ve learned our
b r o a d r a n g e o f
experience has provided
plenty of teaching and
learning opportunities.
Whooooo are the
Owls?
Roger Barnhouse is
married to Christina, and
they have two boys,
Jacob and Thomas, ages
4 and 9.
Ed Roth is married to
Valerie with four
children – Ian, Vanessa,
Evelina, and Dean, ages
8, 6, 4 and 2.
Byron Sah is married
to Jil with two children,
Oliver (11) and Isabel (9),
all curlers (hurry hard!).
Amber Simecek is
married to Brian for 10
years, with three kids: a
7-year-old Wolf Cub
Scout, Avery a 6-year-
old Tiger Cub, Orlin, and
4-year-old soon-to-be
Girl Scout, Isis.
Judy Soroczak is a
leader of five: her
husband, Dennis, of 29
y e a r s ; h e r s o n ,
Matthew ,is a 22-year-old
Eagle Scout and
a s s i s t a n t
Scoutmaster; Danielle
i s a 20 - ye a r - o ld
international studies
student; James is a 15-
year-old Life Scout; and
Yoko, the 13-week-old
Akita puppy.
Randall Zadar is
married to Stacy for 28
years and has a
daughter, Alexis, 13, and
a son, Hunter, 8.
Whooooooo are the Owls?
By Norm Wells
Bear Patrol Scribe
Hello there. I thought
you would like to know a
little bit more about the
Bear Patrol.
Nick is an independent
contractor for security.
In his spare time, he
enjoys woodworking and
sports with his son.
Bill works for Stouffers,
which is part of Nestles.
He is involved in a lot of
volunteer organizations
like the Metroparks and
the American Red Cross.
Jason is a pharmacist
for Drug Mart. He enjoys
fishing, going to the
Cleveland Zoo with his
family, camping, and
just being in the
outdoors.
Sandy has been a nurse
for University Hospitals
for 20 years working in
the ICU department. She
enjoys the martial arts in
which she has earned
her brown belt, but has
never won a tournament.
She also likes to travel,
and enjoys music. Sandy
does not like to be out of
her comfort zone.
Last but not least is
Norm. He likes to camp,
fish, carve, and work as
a trainman for the
C u y a h o g a V a l l e y
Railroad. He also works
as an elf on the Polar
Express. You might see
him one day on the Polar
Express as Santa’s head
toy elf, so be good…he’s
watching.
Bears bring variety of experiences to Wood Badge
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boree and, while awaiting passage
home, visited Scout Executive Dr.
James E. West at the BSA office in
New York City.
Awaiting the building’s elevator
with his leg in a walking cast, the
doors opened. Dr. West stepped
out and Bill fell forward trying to
step in—right into Dr. West’s
arms!
Bill’s enthusiasm for Scouting
and being a journalist led West to
offer Bill his first job in the new,
expanding BSA program.
Later, Bill challenged West’s im-
plementation of the Scouting pro-
gram—that the BSA didn’t follow
B-P’s patrol method correctly.
West challenged Bill to write a
replacement for BSA’s 1910 offi-
cial handbook that had been pub-
lished as an Americanized version
of B-P’s Scouting for Boys.
Bill had already written his first
book three years earlier at 23: a
tale of Scout camping, based
upon his own experiences.
But this book had to be written
in English; boys not only had to
read it, but enjoy it, and follow B-
P’s methods.
Bill always enjoyed telling his
story of how a Dane with poor
English came to learn our lan-
guage well enough to write a best-
selling book for American boys.
To improve his English, particu-
larly when it was already cor-
William “Green Bar Bill” Hill-
court is considered by many
Scouters to be the Baden-Powell
of American Scouting.
He had a significant influence
on the BSA program and the train-
ing Scouters receive through
Wood Badge in the U. S.
William “Green Bar Bill” Hill-
court was born Vilhelm Bjerre-
gaard Jenson in Copenhagen,
Denmark in
1900.
His intro-
duction to
Boy Scouting
came in
J a n u a r y
1911, at the
age of 11,
after his parents gave him B-P’s
newly translated Scouting for Boys
as a Christmas gift.
Bill went on to become the Dan-
ish equivalent of an Eagle Scout.
His troop sent him to the first
World Jamboree in London in
1920, and a habit started that
would move him into the interna-
tional Scouting spotlight for the
rest of his life.
It was 1926 and Hillcourt was a
reporter for a Copenhagen news-
paper. Bill talked his editor into
sending him to the U.S. for its
first National Jamboree.
But Bill didn’t return to Den-
mark. He broke his leg at the Jam-
Hillcourt learned Scouting in Denmark, then made major impact in US rupted with “Americanisms,” Bill
used to go to Times Square to
watch movies, learning colloquial
American English.
His first Boy Scout Handbook
was a runaway, bestseller success.
It was written as boys talked.
Boys understood it, they liked it
and they followed it. Bill’s new
career was off to a running start.
Bill Hillcourt went on to write a
patrol leader handbook, a Scout-
master’s handbook and the field
book; then updated them from
1929 until he retired.
In 1932, Bill started to enliven
the pages of Boys’ Life magazine
with Scoutcraft features, leading
generations of boys into the out-
doors. For four decades, Bill
wrote his feature column under
his pseudonym of “Green Bar
Bill,” with a logo of “Bill” hand-
written on top of the two green
bars of a patrol leader.
Bill became involved in Wood
Badge in 1936. After adapting the
training to the BSA program, Bill
served as Scoutmaster of the first
two courses and many others
thereafter.
Green Bar Bill is one of only two
persons—the other being Lord
Robert Baden-Powell—to receive
five Wood Badge beads.
Green Bar Bill’s personal totem
Scout Vespers Softly falls the light of day,
As our campfire fades away.
Silently each Scout should ask
Have I done my daily task?
Have I kept my honor bright?
Can I guiltless sleep tonight?
Have I done and have I dared
Everything to be prepared?
Listen Lord, oh listen Lord,
As I whisper soft and low.
Bless my mom and bless my dad,
These are things that they should
know.
I have kept my honor bright,
The oath and law have been my
guide.
Mom and Dad this you should
know,
Deep in my heart I love you so.
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and interests of one
man, on behalf of others,
that created and
launched the greatest
movement for youths the
world has ever known.
It is the mark of those
who have demonstrated
that they are people of
character and who are
devoted to a cause;
adults who strive for per-
fection, well knowing
that even the best is not
enough; adults who hold
the welfare of others be-
fore self; and Scouters
who live up to all that
the name implies.
The Wood Badge is
awarded to Scouters on
the basis of what they
think, more than on what
they know. They must
demonstrate that they
“know how” also.
Good intentions count
for little until, by the ap-
plication of ability and
determination, they pro-
duce results that count.
Striving for perfection
in themselves that they
might better train and
coach others to this end,
exists the wood badge.
It is doubtful the
thought ever entered the
mind of Robert Baden-
Powell that his efforts on
Brownsea Island would
grow to influence the
youth of the world and
that in the days ahead,
thousands upon thou-
sands of men and
women would carry his
efforts forward to an
ever increasing number
of young people and
adults.
Who knows, but this
effort—this crusade—
may yet prove that two
tiny wooden beads on a
leather thong can be-
come the symbol of a
successful effort to bring
about a world brother-
hood of people under
the watchful eye of God.
To that end, may the
wood badge serve and
the Scouters never falter
or fail.
Two tiny wooden beads
on a leather thong; they
could symbolize the
hope of the world. It’s up
to you.
King Dinizulu
wearing the
necklace that
inspired the
original Wood
Badge beads.
Wood Badge begins with Dinizulu’s beads Wood Badge beads,
which represent bravery
and leadership, were
first presented at the
initial leadership course
in September 1919 at
Gilwell Park.
The woggle is a two-
strand version of a
Turk’s Head knot, which
has no beginning and no
end, and symbolizes the
commitment of a Wood
Badger to Scouting.
The origins of Wood
Badge can be traced back
to 1888, when Baden-
Powell was on a military
campaign in Zululand
(now part of South Af-
rica).
He pursued Dinizulu, a
Zulu king, for some time,
but never managed to
catch up with him.
Dinizulu had a 12-foot-
long necklace with more
than a thousand acacia
beads. Baden-Powell is
said to have found the
necklace when he came
to Dinizulu’s deserted
mountain stronghold.
Such necklaces were pre-
sented to brave warrior
leaders.
Much later, Baden-
Powell searched for a
distinctive award for the
participants in the first
Gilwell course. He con-
structed the first award
using two beads from
Dinizulu’s necklace and
threaded them onto a
leather thong given to
him by an elderly South
African in Mafeking, call-
ing it the Wood Badge.
While no official knot
exists for tying the two
ends of the thong to-
gether, the decorative
diamond knot has be-
come the most common.
When produced, the
thong is joined by a sim-
ple overhand knot and
various region- specific
traditions have arisen
around tying the dia-
mond knot, including:
having a fellow course
member tie it; having a
mentor or course leader
tie it; and having the re-
cipient tie it after com-
pleting some additional
activity that shows they
have mastered the skills
taught to them during
training.
Two tiny wooden beads
on a leather thong does
not sound like an out-
standing badge and mark
of distinction, but it is
known and respected as
such around the world. It
is symbolic of the efforts
“Scouting is not a
thing that can be
taught by wording it
in public speeches, nor
by defining it in print.
“Its successful appli-
cation depends entirely
on the grasp of the
Scout spirit by both
trainer and trainee.” Baden-Powell of Gilwell
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What an outstanding
campfire program you
Scouts put on last night.
I told you yesterday the
staff was really looking
forward to it and they
were not disappointed.
2241 Woodland Ave.
Cleveland, OH 44115
Phone: 216.861.6060
Fax: 216.861.3431
E-mail: [email protected]
Greater Cleveland Council,
Boy Scouts of America
http://woodbadgegcc.com
Facebook group:
Wood Badge C4-440-14
Today’s Schedule
7:00 Breakfast & Assessments Patrol Sites
8:00 Conservation Project ERC
10:00 Gilwell Field Assembly Outpost Gilwell
10:30 Interfaith Worship Service Amphitheater
11:00 Break
11:15 Coaching and Mentoring Training Room
12:05 Break
12:15 Lunch & Patrol Ldr. Council Mtg. Dining Room
1:15 Self-Assessment Training Room
1:45 Patrol Project Setup & Break
2:00 Projects 1, 2, 3 (20 min. ea.) Training Room
3:00 Patrol Project Setup & Break
3:15 Projects 4, 5, 6 (20 min. ea.) Training Room
4:15 Patrols Depart for Campsites
6:00 Dinner Patrol Sites
7:30 Patrol Mtg./Project Assessment Patrol Sites
9:30 Patrol Campfire/Cracker Barrel Patrol Sites
Good morning, Troop 1!
Wasn’t it great to sleep
out in the fresh
Beaumont air?
Could you listen to the
late night creatures
communicating with
each other or making
noises as they scrounged
for food?
Could you also hear
your patrol members
swatting at the lovely
Beaumont mosquitoes
before settling down for
the night.
Legend has it that they
are a special strain
attracted to Scouters.
After a nice restful
evening there is nothing
like the beautiful sounds
of the birds singing at
the crack of dawn to let
you know you are living
life to its fullest.
Rave reviews from all
of the staff.
You can now take that
c ampf i r e prog ram
knowledge and do
something similar for
your home units’
outdoor experience.
No doubt your youths
will enjoy it as much as
the staff did last night.
Today will be another
fun-filled day as we are
looking forward to
learning from each
patrol as they do their
patrol presentations this
afternoon.
By now, I hope
everyone has their ticket
approved and each
patrol is running like a
well-oiled machine.
Remember, it’s all
about working together,
having fun together,
supporting each other as
necessary, and keeping
up that wonderful
Scouting Spirit!
Ron Holt
Senior Patrol Leader
A Senior Moment
What a great participant campfire!
Time is running out to shop at the Trading Post
Did you take a look at the Wood Badge hiking sticks, aprons and mugs? Most of these items are Wood Badge course exclusives and not available at the Scout Shop.
See Connie or Dani today!
Closing stock market report It was a rocky week for
the stock market. Here’s a summary: Helium was up, feath-
ers were down. Paper was stationary. Ticonder-oga Pencils lost a few points. Though Elevators rose, escalators contin-ued their slow decline. Weights were up in heavy trading.
Light switches were off. Mining equipment hit rock bottom. The market for raisins dried up. Pampers remained unchanged. Caterpillar stock inched up a bit. Birds Eye Peas Split. Stanley Tools filed for Chapter 11 and Scott Tissues touched a new bottom.
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